Improvement in journal-boxes



L. SCHMlD.

Improvementin Journal-Boxes. No. 131,376.

Patented Sep.17,1872".

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Witnesses.

UNITED STATES LonENz SGHMID, or CLEVELAND, onro.

IMPROVEMENT IN JOURNAL=BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 131,376, datedSeptember 17, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORENZ SCHMID, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and Improved Journal-Box and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and

complete description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing making part of the same.

Figure l is a side view of the box. Fig. 2- is a plan view of theinside. ,Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

This invention has for its object the continuous application of oil tothe journal-bearings of lines of sh afting, &c.,. thereby avoiding afrequent application of oil by hand to the journal-seats. The inventionconsists of two rings, which, however, may be more or less, as the sizeof the journal may demand. Said rings are loosely hung upon thebearings, and depend therefrom into an oil-reservoir constructedimmediately under the journal-seat, which is filled with oil, and inwhich the dependent rings dip and revolve, thereby conveying the,

' oil to the journal by their rotatory movement.

The following is a description of the device as constructed and operatedfor the purpose specified.

In the drawing, Fig. 1, A represents a journal, and which has itsbearing in a journal-box consisting of the two sections B O, the lowersection, 0, being the journal-seat, and section B the cap. In thejournal-seat or lower section of the box is formed a reservoir, D, Fig.3, extending the length of about half way round the seat, as shown. Inthe top of the chamber or reservoir, and which is the immediatebearing-surface for the journal, is opening F, through which the rings Gdepend when hanging from the journal, as shown in Fig. 2, the depth ofthe reservoir being sufficient for that purpose, as will be seen in Fig.3. The reservoir D is formed of the lower portion of the seator box 0,and forms a part of the same, and extending the entire length of saidbox, thereby avoiding the necessity of having a supplementalreservoir;and the ends of the box 0 coming in contact with the shaft A are beveledoff inward from said shaft, so that the oil from the shaft will notescape outward from the shaft, but all waste oil will run down theseinclined sides a a and return to the reservoir D, the advantage of whichis that by this construction it is not necessary to have a supplementalbox or reservoir extending out beyond the edges or ends of thejournal-box to catch the'waste oil.

- It will be evident that when the reservoir is filled with oil therings will be immersed therein, or so much thereof as will be hangingbelow the journal; hence, as the journal revolves,

the rings, in consequence of their weight, will revolve with thejournal, and thereby oil it by leaving thereon some of the oil withwhich it is covered by revolving in the reservoir of oil or othermaterial. By this means the journal is kept at all times oiled,requiring nocare and attention further than to see that the reservoir issupplied with oil.

Claim.

WhatI claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The lower section 0, with reservoir formed therein, constructed withinclines a a, and combined with the rings G G, section B, shaft A, andopenings F F, all arranged substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

LORENZ SCHMID.

Witnesses:

W. H. BURRIDGE, B. STURM.

